Receptacle and conductor for electric lighting.



ffi uvem fez J. S. GROSSLEY. RECEFTAGLE AND CONDUCTOR FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1907.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914,

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JAMES S. CBOSSLEY, OF SOLVAY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO PASS '& SEYMOUR, INC., 01 SOLVAY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEWgYOBK.

BECEPTACLE AND CONDUCTOR FOB ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Application fled awn 17, 1901. serial Io; mm.

T all whom it may concern:

.Be it known um 1, JAKE 's. CBOSSLEY,

a citizen of the United States, rosidin at: village of Solvay, in the county 'of Orion ga My invention relates to receptacles for incandescent electriclamps,particularly adapted to be used in signs, and for other decoraline wires.

tive purposes, such astemporary decoration.

It consists ina receptacle of new construction adapted to be perman ntly secured to the conductors, so that anumber .of said 'receptacles may be finished and secured, suitably spaced, to said wires or conductor cords, producing a new article of manufacture, that is, a pair of conductors carrying a plurality of receptacles, permanently and securely fixed on the conductors, ready to be \hung 0r festooned as desired, or otherwise secured in place and connected to the main I believe this to be essentially new.

. Heretofore receptacles have been made and provided with means by which they could readily be secured in place on, and electrically connected to, the conductors but that involved more or less work on the part of the line-man or contractor. With my present invention however, all this trouble is avoided, and, strictly speaking, no wiring work is required; the contractor buys from the factory or the dealer his receptacles thus secured on the conductors in lengths to suit, and all that is then necessary 15 to string them, which ma be done easily, quickly and economically. The work of securing the receptacles on the wires is done at the factory under the best conditions, and by workmen particularly trained therefor, so that there is the usual saving and improved result in doing uniform work on large quanti-' ties of articles. As this wiringwork has heretofore been performed, it was often in I inconvenient locations, with the line-men ex osed to the weather, etc. I

e receptacles. themselves are of new construction and consist'of a body of porcelain or other suitable insulating material .carryin the lamp terminals an the wire termina s; a porcelain cap is also provided and means for securing) it on the upper surface of the base, where y the wire terminals and the wire points are covered and protected. The body and the cap. may be provided with corresponding parallel grooves to fit the line wires.

My invention is shown in the drawing herewith, in which the reference numerals of the description indicate the corresponding parts in all the figures. 7

igure 1 shows in elevation a plurality of receptacles secured on the conductors.

ceptacle at right angles. Fig. 4 is a top plan ofthe base with the cap removed. ,Fig.

5 is a similar view of the porcelain base alone with the metallic parts removed. F ig. 6 is a bottom plan of the cap.

In the figures 1 indicates the body and 2 the cap fitted to the upper surface thereof,

to protect the metallic wire terminals there secured andthe stripped portions of the conductors, connected to the terminals. A suitable central depression 3 and a suitable outer depression 4 are formed in the upper surface of the body, respectively for the wire terminals 5 and 6, secured in place respectively by the main screw 7 and the screw 8; these screws also connect the wire terminals to the respective lamp terminals 9 and 10, and secure said lamp terminals in lace. 11 and 12 are a su plementary secur-,.

mg screw and nut for tie screw threaded lamp terminal 10. The head of screw 7 would be a sufiicient central lam terminal. In this n per surface of the b0 y are also formed t e parallel grooves 13 13 for the conductors 14. The ends of the wire terminals project from the respective depressions into the respective grooves and are there connected to the short portions of the conductors from which the insulation has been stripped. As it is desired permanently to connect the receptacles, I prefer to solder the conductors to the wire terminals. This is a simple and economical way of making the connection.

The tip of screw 7 is elongated and a nut 15 fitted thereto toclamp the cap snugly against the body, whereby also the unstripped portions of the conductors are slig tly compressed to fill the grooves.

\Vhen the parts have all been thus secured '05 Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections of the rein place, an insulating cement maybe run avoid the danger of accidental short cir-' cuits, displacement of parts, etc. The cap may have grooves 19 corresponding to grooves 13. These grooves for the conductors may be wholly in one part or the other, or partly in each part as may be convenient.

The lower end of the receptacle body may be provided with a flange 20, perforated cars 21, screws 22 and nuts23, or with other suitable means for securing the receptacle in position on the face-plate of'an electric sign, when the receptacles are used in sign work.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a pair of flexible conductors and a series of receptacles suitably spaced on said conductors and permanently connected thereto, each receptacle comprising a body of insulating material, a cap of insulating material fitted to the upper surface of the body, wire terminals on said surface, said conductors being arr: nged to extend between the cap and the body and having short, stripped portions secured to the respective wire termi nals, and a single screw securing the cap snugly on the body and having its upper end arranged'in a depression in the upper surface of the cap, said cap being formed with holes from said depression to its lower surface for introducing cement into the space between the cap and the body.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a pair of flexible conductors and a series of receptacles suitably spaced on said conductors and permanently connected thereto, each receptacle comprising a body of insulating material, a cap of insulating material fitted to the upper surface of the body, wire terminals on said body upper surface, said conductors belng arranged to extend between the cap and the body and having short, stripped portions secured to the respective wire terminals, said cap being provided with a passage for the introduction of cement to protect the terminals and a securting screw for the base and cap arranged with its upper end entirely within said passage.

3. As a new article of lmlnufacture, a pair of flexible conductors and a series of recep tacles suitably spaced on said conductors and permanently connected thereto, each receptacle comprising a body of insulating material, a cap of insulating material fitted to the upper surface of the body, wire terminals on said upper body surface,said conductors being arranged to extend between the cap and the body and having short, stripped portions secured to the respective wire terminals, said cap being provided with a passage for the introduction of cement to pro tect the terminals and a securing screw for the base and cap connected to one terminal and arranged with its upper end entirely within said passage and forming at its lower end the inner lamp terminal.

In testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES S. CROSSLE Y. 

